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TURN GT3 Series 2015: Season 1 - RULES and CALENDAR

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:20 am
by Trash McNish
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Primary Administrator(s): F4H Trash, Cyphon68 (interim)

Times:Saturdays 5:00 PM EST / 10:00 PM GMT

This event will take place on Forza Motorsport 6 and will see you racing the GT class cars on 5 classic tracks with a format that allows all assists, has simulation damage and collisions turned on.

Please be sure to sign up between Now and Saturday 9th January. The first race is Saturday 5th December. You may sign up at any time during this event.


THE CARS

AUDI
2014 Audi #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports R8 LMS ultra

BENTLEY
2014 Bentley #7 M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3

BMW
2014 BMW #55 & #56 BMW Team RLL Z4 GTE

CHEVROLET
2014 Chevrolet #3 Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R

FERRARI
2014 Ferrari #51 AF Corse 458 Italia GTE

LAMBORGHINI
2014 Lamborghini #18 DragonSpeed Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo
2014 Lamborghini #14 GMG Racing LP 570-4 Super Trofeo

MCLAREN
2014 McLaren #98 ART Grand Prix 12C GT3
2014 McLaren #60 Bhaitech 12C GT3

MERCEDES-BENZ
2014 Mercedes-Benz #84 HTP Motorsports SLS AMG GT3



CHAMPIONSHIPS

Drivers, Privateers and Teams are supported within this event. Teams are formed by no less than two and no more than three drivers. The two top scoring drivers will count towards your teams points. There will be a dropped score of your lowest scoring round. However, Team Championship will have no dropped round.

LIVERY

All participants are required to have the mandatory graphics on their car for this series. To learn more about this and how to receive them check the Livery thread.

QUALIFYING
Qualifying rooms will open 15 mins prior to the specified time where all drivers will then receive an invite from their ROOM HOST. Qualifying will take place under a 5 second roll off delay , where you will have 20 minutes to set your time, the fastest will then contribute to form the grid. When 20 minutes has passed, complete the lap, pull over, stop and wait for the host to give instructions. Any drivers that lag out or leave the session will have their best time used as displayed by the results screen. However, if a qualifying lap wasn't completed a new qualifying session will be started.
Please take note if the host is disconnected please record your time and others with a visual image.

RACE
The race room will open 30 mins prior to starting ,All drivers will receive an invite from a selected room host. If you do not receive an invite within 30 minutes, please get in contact with a Clerk of Course via Party Chat and he will resolve the matter.

The race will begin with a Pace Lap for the rolling start for Lap 2, and will be controlled by the Pole Sitter. The pole sitter is to slow to 60 mph and maintain that speed for the full final sector to allow the train of cars to form up behind. The rolling start is single file. The Pole Sitter is free to start the race anywhere between the last corner and the start finish line. Drivers behind the pole sitter will watch the distance to the race leader as shown on their HUD, as soon as the gap to the leader begins increasing, the race is green lit for all drivers. The pole sitter is under no obligation to verbally announce when he has gone.

Drivers are now required to complete a minimum of 2 mandatory pit stops. - as of January 3rd, 2016
formation lap and last lap cannot be used as the mandatory stops pit-in.

The end race condition will be a sprint to complete all laps.

RESTARTS

A restart will only take place if the following happens:
- The lobby has been setup wrong
- Drivers lag out within their first lap. In the event that 1 player only lags out, he will then start at the back of the grid. If more than one driver lags out, the race will restart as the original qualifying results
- Racing collision involving 3 or more cars within the first lap
- Large lag related crash within the first lap

POINTS

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For points, we wanted to take a nice broad point range that could keep 3 full lobbies in the hunt for earning standings relevant points. Beyond the 3rd lobby (Lobby D and below), the points are repeated for each lobby. The thought is that past 60th place, drivers are focusing on consistency, networking, and experience racing. While 1st place in Lobby G would be worth the same as 1st place in Lobby D, the goals are the same, since they are not directly competing for notable standing in the driver or team championship. Participation and consistency count for a lot in organized racing, and that's exactly what we hope this point structure will do. For 1st through 60th placements, there's a limited distribution that follows a point distribution similar to FIA, but is much more broad (60 places rather than 10), and awards the winner 100 points rather than 25.

PRIZES

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LAGOUTS AND QUITS

If you do not finish a race for some reason, you will be classified as a retirement and your finishing position will be determined by the 75% rule, if you retire before 75% race completion, you will receive last placed points overall with the lap you retired on determining your position among other drivers of a similar situation. However, if you retire after 75% race completion, you will receive last placed points for your lobby.


CONNECTION ISSUES

If you cannot connect to your race room, you will still be awarded race points, but you will be given last place points. If others cannot connect, the order will be determined by driver standing in the season.


CLERK OF COURSE

If you have any questions regarding any aspect of the series, get in contact with the Clerk of Course. He/They are available and will be able to answer your question. PM them on the forum or send them a message on XBL.


FINAL SUGGESTIONS

TURN events are catered for fun, clean, competitive racing and all skill levels are welcomed to participate but all we ask is that you are committed to the event. This means, if you sign up an event, you should complete it. If you are not committed, then TURN isn't for you. Please remember that communication is vital when participating. Even with cosmetic damage, chances cannot be taken that will risk other drivers. No one's race should ever be ruined by someone else's mistake.

This series is run in accordance to both these series rules and the 2015 Code of Conduct, with any punishable offences relating to on and off track behaviour being brought before the Racing Stewards and the Penalty Rules, so please read through them and understand what is expected of you. If you have any questions about this series, CLICK HERE.